The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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